Senior Software Engineer, Home Loans
SoFi
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Who we are:
Shape a brighter financial future with us.
Together with our members, we’re changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance.
We’re a next-generation financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we’re at the forefront. We’re proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people’s lives, with our core values guiding us every step of the way. Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world.
The role
We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our team who will help build a cutting-edge technology platform for Home Loans. You will be part of a team empowered to make technical decisions.
On our team, you will be in the middle of it all – implementing new functionality, architecting our system, squashing bugs, maintaining the health of our code, and continually growing as an engineer. We interact heavily with pricing, data science, and risk analytics to deliver solutions that allow us to lead the market in making decisions and moving quickly. The ideal candidate is forward-thinking and hands-on, has a strong sense of ownership and drive for delivery, and is a good mentor and co-worker. At SoFi, we pride ourselves on the collaboration between Product, Design, and Engineering. You will be involved in the entire product lifecycle, from ideation through building and deploying to continual improvement and evolution. You’ll face and solve various challenges: technical, product, and operational, shaping your personal growth and career along the way and using your areas of expertise to grow the capabilities of the rest of the team.
What you’ll do:
We’re looking for full-stack engineers who are comfortable:
Architecting, designing, and delivering scalable, highly available services and/or creating responsive, performant, and maintainable React-based web apps.
Owning and ideating technical solutions for product requirements and user stories
Participating in code and design reviews
Generating ideas for new initiatives and technologies
Becoming domain experts in the Personal Loans business
Collaborating and representing engineering with outside stakeholders in product marketing, operations, business, legal, and compliance
Working in a fast-moving, highly collaborative environment across multiple offices
Mentoring more junior members of the team and helping foster a learning environment within the team
What you’ll need:
Bachelor’s Degree, in Computer Science or technical field
5+ years of programming experience, ideally on a modern stack.
Our core stack is React / Java / Spring / PostgreSQL. Expertise in modern Javascript frameworks, REST APIs, and relational databases is a great start.
Willingness to roll up your sleeves, collaborate with others, and get stuff done.
Strong sense of responsibility, driving a project from inception to completion
Affinity for solving problems and diving deep into the details
Experience working in a collaborative coding environment, refining designs together, working through code reviews, and managing pull requests
Familiarity with Agile methodologies as well as software testing: unit, integration, and end-to-endA passion for writing maintainable, well-tested code
Nice to have:
Full-stack engineering experience, or a willingness and passion for broadening your technical skill set
Experience with React, GraphQL, Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes, Spring Boot, REST, gRPC, gradle, GitLab, ActiveMQ, Kotlin, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD
Fintech/finance experience
Experience with WCAG & accessibility testing
Experience with React, XState